Chapter XII: 1846

Pages 261-276.

SKETCHES CHIEFLY PERSONAL. AET. 34.

Home politics 261
The Whigs and Peel 261
Belief in emigration schemes 262
Mark Lemon 263
An incident of character 263
Hood's _Tylney Hall_ 264
Trait of the Duke of Wellington 264
Mr. Watson of Rockingham 264
A recollection of reporting days 265
Returns to _Dombey_ 265
Two English travellers 266
Party among the hills 267
A Smollett and Fielding hero 268
Milksop youths 268
Ogre and Lambs 268
Sir Joseph and his family 269
Lord Vernon 270
Passion for rifle-shooting 270
A wonderful carriage 270
The Ladies Taylor 271
Proposed Reading of first _Dombey_ 272
A sketch from life 272
Two sisters and their books 272
Trip to Great St. Bernard 273
Ascent of the mountain 274
The Convent 274
Scene at the mountain top 274
Bodies found in the snow 275
The holy fathers 275
A tavern all but sign 276
The monk and _Pickwick_ 276